US 11,873,208 B2
Method and system for filling an LPG tank equipped with a spit valve and a fill assembly
André Boulay, Île-Bizard (CA); Jason Gallovich, Montréal (CA); Philippe Meilleur, Montréal (CA); Stephen Belyea, Darlings Island (CA); and Ryan Short, Hampton (CA)
Assigned to OTODATA WIRELESS NETWORK INC., Montreal (CA); and BASE ENGINEERING INC., Saint John (CA)
Filed by OTODATA WIRELESS NETWORK INC., Montréal (CA); and BASE ENGINEERING INC., Saint John (CA)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,969, filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347632 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 7/36 (2010.01); B67D 7/56 (2010.01)
CPC B67D 7/362 (2013.01) [B67D 7/56 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for filling an LPG tank equipped with a spit valve and a fill assembly, the method comprising:
detecting a filling vehicle in a vicinity of the LPG tank;
providing an indication of a level in the LPG tank upon the detecting of the filling vehicle in the vicinity of the LPG tank, the filling vehicle having a filling hose;
connecting the filling hose to the fill assembly of the LPG tank;
initiating a filling of the LPG tank upon the connecting of the filling hose to the fill assembly of the LPG tank;
determining when a current level reaches a given level in the LPG tank; and
stopping the filling of the LPG to the LPG tank once the current level reaches the given level in the LPG tank.